Monday, 28 January 2013

Time for some blog love. :)
The weather can't seem to make up it's mind up here.
My kids made a snowman,
and it's so mild (and rainy),
that now it looks like a piece of modern art. :)

Here are my top blog visits this week for you.
There is a lot of encouragement for writers who are wondering if it is worth it this week.
Perhaps its the weather...
I'm glad I'm not the only one a little frustrated with their project.
You are not alone!

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Brrr.
It's a cold one out there.
I'm looking forward to the weekend,
especially since they said it will warm up a bit.
Hence my glee at the arrival of hump day.

I'm also glad because it is WRITING PROMPT WEDNESDAY!!
(sorry for yelling there...I thought you might be falling asleep...heh, heh)

The rules are simple:
1) Set the timer for 15 minutes.
2) Write about the picture or the topic (or something that jumps into your head)
3) Do NOT edit. Let the words flow. Tell your critic to go get a chicken salad sandwich or something.

Here is this weeks topic:

Write a love letter. To anyone.

I would love to read your Writing Prompt
results! Please post your passage in the comment box or leave a link to your
blog post. :)

Sunday, 20 January 2013

Here's your chance to enter a FREE contest,
and get your material seen by an actual agent.

Here are the details:

WHY YOU SHOULD GET EXCITED
After a previous “Dear Lucky Agent” contest, the agent judge, Tamar Rydzinski (The Laura Dail Literary Agency), signed one of the three contest winners. After Tamar signed the writer, she went on to sell two of that writer’s books! How cool! That’s why these contests are not to missed if you have an eligible submission.

WHAT TO SUBMIT
The first 150-200 words of your unpublished, book-length work of your sci-fi novel or young adult novel. You must include a contact e-mail address with your entry and use your real name. Also, submit the title of the work and a logline (one-sentence description of the work) with each entry.

Know that you have to post information about the contest twice on social media in order to be eligable.
Check out the Writers Digest website for more details.
The contest closes by January 31st.

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Sorry I am a day late,
but I couldn't get on to blogger for some reason last night.
Here is my response to the writing prompt:
Write about a bed.

15 minutes writing,
no editing.
Ready, set, GO! :)

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Claire loved the darkness - the comfortable feeling of it
was like a second skin at night.Like a
mother, it surrounded her like a blanket, covering her differences.Every night in her dark cocoon she would hear
the familiar tsing tsing of the train coursing on the track singing her a
lullaby.The giant wheels rumbling and
causing her room to tremble down to its very roots.Often times it felt to her as if the train
tracks had been there forever – much longer then the red brick building where
she laid her head.The rumbling would
start in the very foundation and make its way up the stairs into her room
– rumbling and grumbling like the sound of a sleeping giant snoring.These were the sounds that kept her
company when she lay in her hard bed at night.Sometimes it seemed to her as if the giant metal beast was the only
thing keeping her knit together.Almost
like if she was unable to return to the cover of darkness and the familiar
noise – the seams of her home would come apart and pieces of herself would be
lost in the breeze.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

The middle of the week is here. :)
And with it comes a chance to flex your impromptu writing muscles.

Writing prompts are fairly straight forward.

The rules are simple:
1) Set your timer for 10 minutes
2) Write about the
topic (There is no wrong answer! Everyone's response to the phrase or picture
will be different).
3) DO NOT EDIT. Write without censoring
editing. Write whatever comes into your mind. You may be surprised at your own
pure genius. :)
Today's prompt is:

Write about a bed.﻿

Come back on Friday and I will share what I came up with.

I would love to read your Writing Prompt
results! Please post your passage in the comment box or leave a link to your blog post. :)

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

It's hump day,
and I will be celebrating by offering up a Writer's Prompt. :)

What is a Writer's Prompt?
It is a freeing exercise.
An exercise in creativity.

The rules are simple:
1) Set your timer for 10 minutes
2) Write about the topic (There is no wrong answer! Everyone's response to the phrase or picture will be different).
3) DO NOT EDIT. Write without censoring editing. Write whatever comes into your mind. You may be surprised at your own pure genius. :)

Today's writer's prompt is:

Write about a ceremony.

I would love to read your Writing Prompt results! Please post them in the comment box for all the internet world to enjoy. :)